import os
import time

source = ["/etc/passwd", "/etc/fstab"]

#spaces in it.
target_dir = "/tmp/backup"

#using

target = target_dir + os.sep + time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.zip'

zip_command = "zip -qr {0} {1}".format(target, ' '.join(source))

if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
    print("Successful backup to", target)
else:
    print("Backup FAILED")














